Americans Can Be in Awe of Philippine Taliban Backyard Gunsmithing...

This episode of 'Vice' on HBO brought me up out of my chair from a half sleep last night.

This is from an episode titled 'Killer Kids: Political Assassinations by the Philippine Taliban.' I was kind of half watching and half dozing late
last night when the episode came to the segment about the Backyard Gunshop.

I mean, these Philippino children of the Taliban make very effective weapons constructed from found scrap junk metal. Everything from 9mm
semiautomatic handguns to Barrett .50 sniper rifles and Kalashnikov automatic knockoffs. Yes, and even shoulder rocket launchers. These weapons made
in backyard gun shops are not of shabby Saturday Night Special quality. These are battlefield grade constructed weapons. Made from scrape metal in
backyard gun shops using hacksaws, files, hammers and just about any tool that can be found in the American work garage.

We've been hearing bits and drabs of news about how the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists hand make their own weapons. Until now, the scope and quality
of these Shade Tree Taliban Gunsmiths has been kept in the shadows.

Back Yard Gunsmithing among the Taliban is a trade handed down from father to son through the generations. Philippino children at the ripe young age
of ten begin learning how to make these guns. It's their schooling. It's their trade. And they are obviously very dang good at this trade, in spite
of the limited resources and tools available to them.

When I say limited, I mean very limited in comparison to what we have available here in America. The average American Joe can go to Sears to buy a
supply of Craftsman Tools that the children of the Philippine Taliban only wish they could purchase with a credit card.

Take a look at this HBO segment of a tour of a Taliban Backyard Gun Shop from the series 'Vice.'

Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
pretty damn good looking guns to be made with just some scrap, a hack saw, a file and elbow grease.
only draw back is wait time. two weeks for a snub nose .38.

that's some old world smithin right there.

Don't forget. That two week time limit includes scrounging around the junk yards for chunks of scrape metal from burned out trucks and what not, to
make the weapon from.

And I suppose one could say that if the backyard gunsmiths can a nice looking handgun like that in only two weeks, imagine what an American could do
in their garage or workshop with all the conveniences we have in this country.

I remember seeing something similar years ago, but it was in Pakistan. The place was called Darra Adam Khel.

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True. And if you watch the entire half hour episode, they go to Afghanistan and talk about how their children are sent to Pakistan to be trained in
the art of terrorism. It's kind of sad. Children are taught to become suicide bombers simply because they don't know better. They are told that the
explosive vest only blows outward, and that they will survive the blast. Or the children are told that they are carrying important papers, and the
vest is detonated by remote control.

All the same, you've got to be in awe of the ability of the backyard gunsmith.

Sounds like you need to get out more if you think this type of ability is rare in the US. Garage tinkering is still a huge hobby anywhere people
don't live in human-hives. There is a large part of this country's population that either are capable of doing this same type of work or have
neighbors that can.

Shoot, there are three back yard gunsmiths within a half mile of my house! Lots of people hang a shingle out at the driveway. Surely you know this?

Sounds like you need to get out more if you think this type of ability is rare in the US. Garage tinkering is still a huge hobby anywhere people
don't live in human-hives. There is a large part of this country's population that either are capable of doing this same type of work or have
neighbors that can.

Shoot, there are three back yard gunsmiths within a half mile of my house! Lots of people hang a shingle out at the driveway. Surely you know this?

Well, good for you. And your neighborhood. You need to stand proud with your Neighborhood Crime Watch as a paradigm to be admired and followed by many
more neighborhoods.

But I'm a little disappointed you only have three gunsmiths in your neighborhood.

There's are too many socialist neighborhoods in America anymore.

Caveat.....the Metal Strom technology was created in an Australian garage. I'm more than a little disappointed that the Aussies went one up on us in
that category.

I will be starting my own company here shortly.
Along with a day job, that will be my second job.

Keep us apprised of your company's progress.

For too long the domestic market has been dominated by the Big Names like Colt and Ruger. Which is not all bad. Except the Big Name gunmakers are
outsourcing their manufacturing to Chinese companies more and more.

The future of the American domestic gun making industry is opening up widely to individual entrepreneurs.

Not to forget mentioning how the liberals in Washington are pushing all the Necessity is the Mother of Invention buttons for Second Amendment
manufacturing to go more local.

Like in Montana.

No neighborhood with a reputable Neighborhood Crime Watch should be without a convenient store gunsmith. More neighborhoods should be erecting signs
that say, "NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH....WE MAKE OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD GUNS AND AMMO."

Originally posted by stirling
Works for me.....
that sub machine gun they naamed after the president was awesome....
They are masters with hand tools.....
the sophistication rivals the gunsmiths of Peshawar.........

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Published on Jun 7, 2012
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And I would suggest that gunsmithing in third world countries is going on an upswing...

The American people could be facing a 'Cold War Gunsmithing Gap.'

Once the Taliban gets hold of a 3D Printer, they will create other 3D Printers that will recreate Kalashnikovs.

It is estimated that half the Kalashnikovs operating in the world are produced by those other than certified Russian Kalashnikov manufacturers.

Well, what did you expect. The AK is so simply designed...and so trustworthy.

First Desktop 3D printer in Pakistan

Published on Feb 6, 2013

Printing a Yoda bust on my Solidoodle Gen 2 3D printer. Printed in black ABS without support material, hence the slight drooping at the chin area. To
my knowledge, this is up till now the first desktop 3D printer to be operational in Pakistan. Shoot me a PM if you want me to print out anything on
it! I'll send the first 3 requests completely free of cost..

Don't forget in the Philippines, it is legal to own full-auto firearms. But it is illegal to own a .50 cal rifle. Why? Because the politicians
don't want to be assassinated from a mile away. Their bodyguards would be near as useless stopping a sniper from that far away without foreknowledge
of the attack.

Those guns look just like high quality production models. Very cool. I wish i had detailed info on this, I'd make one or two.

Neat thing is if this was in America, it would be 100% legal. We have no laws aganst making homemade guns. I have never seen a homemade gun look so
nice before though. Cheap too. I'd buy one after it had been tested very well.

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